The Power of Selflessness

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No: HPFGUIDX 45077

In a previous post, I talked about how Harry had one way or another 
prevented or at least, hampered, Voldemort's quest for immortality.  
In that previous post, I pointed out each of the ways Harry did 
this.  Just now, I got to thinking:  what is it that drives Harry?  
what keeps him going?  IMO, it is his selflessness.  Let me back this 
up:  1) he is able to get the stone out of the mirror because he did 
not want it for himself; 2) he seeks out and destroys the diary in 
order to save someone else (Ginny);and 3) he spares Pettigrew out of 
his desire to stop his father's friends from committing murder.  This 
concept-the idea of selflessness has been brought home to him via 
Dumbledore through the sacrifice of his muggle-born mother-Lily 
Potter-a witch who is considered insignificant by Voldemort because 
of her heritage.  Voldemort simply is incapable of understanding the 
depth of feeling for the sanctity of life that allows someone to see 
the greater good beyond himself.  Is this another chink in the 
seemingly invincible armor of Voldemort?  IMO, I like to think that 
Lily Potter's sacrifice has even greater signifigance that Voldemort 
or even we the reader can suspect at present.

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